20211006 Realization of the Residents of Vṛndāvana During the Stay of Lord Caitanya

The following is a Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book Compilation given by His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja on October 6th, 2021 in Śrī Dhāma Māyāpur, India.

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
paramānandaṁ mādhavaṁ śrī caitanya iśvaram

Hariḥ oṁ tat sat!

Hare Kṛṣṇa! Dear Devotees! Today we will continue with the compilation of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book Today's chapter entitled as:

Realization of the Residents of Vṛndāvana During the Stay of Lord Caitanya
Under the section: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Visit to Śrī Vṛndāvana

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca, 4.12.13

Translation: “How can a man of meagre intelligence describe the character of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, when Brahmā and others who are able to see beyond material existence are baffled in doing so?”

Jayapatākā Swami: The description of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s character and pastimes are something very confidential and only the most advanced devotees can understand and express the same.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Śeṣa Khaṇḍa 3.2.414

kahita kṛṣṇera kathā āchaye apāra
samvaraṇa nahe puthī haye ta vistāra

Translation: To speak of the topics of Kṛṣṇa is unlimited and it cannot restrained, but the scripture will be huge.

Jayapatākā Swami: To put down all the characteristics of Lord Kṛṣṇa would be a voluminous book, but these things are to be understood by the confidential devotees.

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca, 4.12.13

Translation: [Murāri Gupta continued narrating to Dāmodara Paṇḍita:] Thus Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, the personification of all transcendental mellows heard the Mathurā pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, in the form of brief sutras, and considered those narrations to be numerous.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Śeṣa Khaṇḍa 3.2.415

sei vṛndāvana-purandara kaliyuge
takhane ye kaila gāthā-kahi śuna ebe

Translation: That king of Vṛndāvana having come in Kaliyuga and what He did, I am narrating. Please listen to this now.

Jayapatākā Swami: How Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya came to Vṛndāvana and how He is the same Kṛṣṇa but in the mood of His devotee, so please listen to His activities very carefully.

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca, 4.12.14-15

Translation: According to the nature of the Lord’s particular pleasure-pastime, He sometimes appears as śyāma (deep-blue hue like the color of a water-laden rain-cloud), and sometimes as pīta (molten golden yellow color) enchanting the hearts of all living beings throughout the world and giving prema displaying that form of pure bhaktas. To hear about and reflect upon that form invokes auspiciousness. In that form He sometimes dances, sings, roars, laughs and runs out.

Jayapatākā Swami: Sometimes the Supreme Personality of Godhead appears as Śyama Kṛṣṇa, dark blue color like a rain cloud laden with water and sometimes as Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya with a golden complexion and giving out love of Kṛṣṇa Himself and expressing the ecstasy of love of Kṛṣṇa.

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca, 4.12.16

Translation: In this way, while Lord Caitanya was enjoying His pastime, in every house constantly the pleasure pastime was again manifested.

Jayapatākā Swami: Lord Caitanya was manifesting these enjoying the pleasure pastimes of Kṛṣṇa and experiencing love of Kṛṣṇa in every house.

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca, 4.12.17-18

Translation: All the manifest pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana, beginning with the liberation of Pūtanā and ending with the slaying of the demon Vyoma, as well as the pastimes in the Lord’s other abodes (of Mathurā and Dvārakā), are imbued with the totality of. They forever bestow all perfections. These pastimes are constantly imbued with divine, give all perfection, award prema-bhakti, and they are indeed non-different from Kṛṣṇa’s own form.

Jayapatākā Swami: Kṛṣṇa, His names, His pastimes, His form are all non-different, His various pastimes in Vraja, Mathurā or Dvārakā can give unlimited blessings to the conditioned souls.

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca, 4.12.19

Translation: Some of the Vraja-vāsīs saw Gaura Candra as a baby boy with fresh butter in His hand, while others saw Him as a young lad tending the calves by the Yamunā with the other cowherd boys headed by Śrīdāmā. Still others saw Him as a fresh adolescent youth surrounded by the gopīs, with the complexion of a newly-arrived lightning-illuminated thundercloud, holding the bamboo flute to His lips, which were tender like freshly sprouting flowers.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, different devotee saw Lord Kṛṣṇa in different way, as a baby, as a child and as a youth and each had vision of Lord Caitanya in some form of Kṛṣṇa’s.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Śeṣa Khaṇḍa 3.2.429

mathurā-maṇḍale ghare ghare parakāśa
keho śiśu dekhe keho yuvaka-vilāsa

Translation: Lord Caitanya manifested Himself in each and every house in Mathurā-maṇḍala. Some saw Him as a child, others saw Him enjoying His youthful pastimes.

Jayapatākā Swami: Lord Caitanya visited every house in Mathurā-maṇḍala, And in different houses, He appeared to the residents as a child or as an adolescent.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Śeṣa Khaṇḍa 3.2.430

keho ācambite ghare śune vaṁśīnāda
kāru svāmi-kole kṛṣṇa-rasera unmāda

Translation: Suddenly, someone heard Him playing His flute. Somebody being in the lap of the Lord was maddened in prema, pure ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, they could hear Him as He played on His flute, or they would be embraced by Lord Caitanya and experience love of Kṛṣṇa, and each person had different realization of Kṛṣṇa's presence when Lord Caitanya visited their house.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Śeṣa Khaṇḍa 3.2.431

kāru para-buddhi nāhi–sabhe bole nija
sabhāra hṛdaye upajila premabīja

Translation: Nobody considered Him to be a foreigner (or an outsider or not being related) but everyone told that He is their own. In everyone’s heart developed the seed of love.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, they didn’t consider Lord Caitanya as someone from a distant land, they considered Him to one of their own.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Śeṣa Khaṇḍa 3.2.432

vana beḍāite vane prabhu yāya yabe
se vanera taru-latā bhāse prema-drave

Translation: When Lord Caitanya wandered in the forest, the trees and the creepers floated in the nectarean ocean of love.

Jayapatākā Swami: The trees and creepers assumed their original Vṛndāvana aspects. We saw when Lord Caitanya glanced over the forest, the flowers bore fruits.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Śeṣa Khaṇḍa 3.2.433

kokila, bhramara mora bule māṭhe goṭhe
dhāoyā-dhāi āise rahe prabhura nikaṭe

Translation: The bees, cuckoos, and peacocks who wandered in the fields came hurriedly to be near the Lord.

Jayapatākā Swami: So Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu being present in Vṛndāvana, all the birds and beasts of Vṛndāvana wanted to be next to or near Lord Caitanya because they understood He was the same Kṛṣṇa, the same Lord of Vṛndāvana.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Śeṣa Khaṇḍa 3.2.434

urddha-mukhe savajana prabhu-mukha dekhi
sabhāra samāna sneha-premamaya-āṅkhi

Translation:  Everyone looked upward towards and Lord Krsna reciprocated with everyone by glancing lovingly at them.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, the Vrajavāsīs developed spontaneous love towards Lord Caitanya and He reciprocated with them, with tears in His eyes, he glanced at them lovingly.

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca, 4.12.20

Translation: Thus seeing the Lord in great happiness, the supreme relishers of rasa, the residents of Vṛndāvana, including all the birds, deer and animals, as well as young and old people, perceived Him in accordance with their respective rasa. They surrounded Him and became immensely enlivened, and experience that the only Lord of their life, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, to be the combined form of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa (Śrī Caitanya).

Jayapatākā Swami: So, all the bees, birds and beasts were attracted by Lord Caitanya, the combined form of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Śeṣa Khaṇḍa 3.2.422

mathurā-maṇḍala-vāsī yata sarvaloka
gauracandra dekhibāre bhela ekamukha

Translation: All those people, the Madhurā-maṇḍala-vāsīs, the residents of Mathura, having come to see Gauracandra, became ekamukha.

Jayapatākā Swami: So the residents of Mathurā maṇḍala they became single pointed in their enthusiasm to see Lord Caitanya.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Śeṣa Khaṇḍa 3.2.423

bāreka dekhaye yei-nāre pāsarite
premāya vihvala sei-nāre samvarite

Translation: Whoever gazed at Lord Caitanya even once, could not forget Him and being overwhelmed by love they could not control themselves.

Jayapatākā Swami: Such was the presence of Lord Caitanya, that you glance Him at once, you will never forget Him and by seeing Him you will be filled with love of Kṛṣṇa and that was uncontrollable.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Śeṣa Khaṇḍa 3.2.424

bāla, vṛddha kibā yuvā e nārī, purukha
‘kṛṣṇa ei, kṛṣṇa ei’ bolaye mūrukha

Translation: Children, old people, youth or women or men or even foolish said, “This (Lord Caitanya) is Lord Kṛṣṇa. This (Lord Caitanya) is Lord Kṛṣṇa.”

Jayapatākā Swami: Everyone spontaneously realized that Lord Caitanya was Lord Sri Kṛṣṇa Himself.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Śeṣa Khaṇḍa 3.2.425

ekadine kṛṣṇa ei āilā mathurāre
pūruva-rahasyasthāna dekhibāra tare

Translation: One Vraja-vāsī said, “Kṛṣṇa has returned to Mathura to see His previous confidential places of pastimes.”

Jayapatākā Swami: Vrajavāsīs were realizing how Lord Caitanya was Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself, He was coming to see the places of His confidential pastimes.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Śeṣa Khaṇḍa 3.2.426

keho bole-tribhaṅga haiyā kene thāke
kānāi nā haile kene rādhā bali’ ḍāke

Translation: Somebody else said, “If He isn’t Lord Kṛṣṇa, then why does He stand in a three-fold bending form and call out the name of Śrī Rādhā?”

Jayapatākā Swami: So, Kṛṣṇa is known for His three-fold bending form and His greatest devotee Śrī Rādhā, He calls for Her. So they were experiencing this pastime in the character of Lord Caitanya

Caitanya Maṅgala, Śeṣa Khaṇḍa 3.2.427

rātri divā thāke loka–nā chāḍaye kācha
eke eke dekhe prabhu vṛndāvanera gācha

Translation: The Vraja-vāsīs stayed with Lord Caitanya throughout the day and night. They didn’t want to leave His presence. Lord Caitanya saw each and every tree of Vṛndāvana.

Jayapatākā Swami: The residents of Vṛndāvana were very special, they had a relationship with Kṛṣṇa, so When Lord Caitanya was in Vṛndāvana, they wanted to be with Him all the time.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Śeṣa Khaṇḍa 3.2.428

eke eke saba sthāna nirīkhe ṭhākura
eikhāne vane saba prema paripūra

Translation: Lord Caitanya saw all the places one by one. Everything in the forest of Vṛndāvana is completely full of love.

Jayapatākā Swami: So Lord Caitanya went to all the pastime places in Vṛndāvana, He was relishing the unlimited ecstasy of pure love of Kṛṣṇa in each place.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Śeṣa Khaṇḍa 3.2.416

pradakṣiṇa kaila gaurā mathurā-maṇḍala
mahājana kṛṣṇadāsa jānāyā sakala

Translation: Lord Caitanya toured Mathurā-maṇḍala and heard from Mahājana Kṛṣṇadāsa who narrated all those.

Jayapatākā Swami: Lord Caitanya went to all the places of Vṛndāvana, all the places which were hidden, He rediscovered. And He identified and relished the pastimes there.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Śeṣa Khaṇḍa 3.2.417

prabhure vinaya kare caraṇe paḍiyā
mo ati kātara—more nā yāha bhāṇḍiyā

Translation: Falling at Lord Caitanya’s feet, Kṛṣṇadāsa said, “I am very distressed. Please don’t escape me.”

Jayapatākā Swami: So, Kṛṣṇa dāsa was feeling future separation from Lord Caitanya

Caitanya Maṅgala, Śeṣa Khaṇḍa 3.2.418

tumi sei kṛṣṇa—ei jānila niścaya
parasāda kara more—śuna gaurarāya

Translation: I now know definitely that You are that same Kṛṣṇa. Please be merciful upon me. Listen Lord Gaurarāya.”

Jayapatākā Swami: Kṛṣṇa dāsa he realized that Lord Caitanya is Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself and he wanted to get the mercy of Lord Caitanya.

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca, 4.13.1

Translation: After Kṛṣṇa Dāsa had shown Vraja Maṇḍala to Lord Śrī Gaurāṅga, he worshipped Him with pure devotion. Then the ocean of mercy addressed that vipra:

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca, 4.13.2

Translation: “Because My heart has now become softened by hearing the rasa-filled nectar of Kṛṣṇa-kathā from you, therefore Kṛṣṇa Candra Himself must naturally be very pleased with you.”

Jayapatākā Swami: Lord Caitanya is telling Kṛṣṇa dāsa, that Kṛṣṇa dāsa had shared the nectar of Kṛṣṇa candras pastimes, so He must be very pleased and in this way Lord Caitanya was giving him mercy.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Śeṣa Khaṇḍa 3.2.419

e bola śuniyā prabhu bolaye vacana
tora parasāde mora śuddha haila mana

Jayapatākā Swami: By hearing this, Lord Caitanya said, “By your mercy, My mind has become purified.”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Śeṣa Khaṇḍa 3.2.420

mathurā dekhiba bali’ baḍa chila sādha
dekhilu rahasya-sthāna tora parasāda

Translation: I had a great desire to see Mathurā, and by your mercy I got to see those confidential places.

Jayapatākā Swami: Lord Caitanya had engaged Kṛṣṇa dāsa to take Him around to show Him the confidential places of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes. So, in this way, Lord Caitanya is very pleased with Kṛṣṇa dāsa, but Kṛṣṇa dāsa was overwhelmed with love for Lord Caitanya.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Śeṣa Khaṇḍa 3.2.421

āmāra yemana hiyā haila ullāsa
kṛṣṇa parasanna tore hau kṛṣṇadāsa

Translation: As my heart has rejoiced, May Lord Sri Kṛṣṇa be pleased with you, oh Kṛṣṇa dāsa”

Jayapatākā Swami: So, Lord Caitanya gave His blessings to Kṛṣṇa dāsa

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca, 4.13.3

Translation: Kṛṣṇa Dāsa replied, “I am Your servant, and You are Lord Kṛṣṇa, the shelter of goddess Śrī. Kindly bless me that I will not know anything other than you!”

Jayapatākā Swami: So, Kṛṣṇa dāsa wanted to realize Lord Caitanya’s mercy for all the time.

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca, 4.13.4

Translation: The son of Śacī embraced him and blessed him, saying, “tathā astu” (So be it). Then remembering Lord Jagannātha, He departed, surrounded by brāhmaṇas.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, Śacī-suta, son of Mother Śacī embraced Kṛṣṇa dāsa and blessed him “tathā astu” So be it, Krsna dāsa has asked that he always would know Lord Caitanya.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Śeṣa Khaṇḍa 3.2.435

savajana jānila-e kapaṭa-sannyāsī
calilā ta’ mahāprabhu nīlācala-vāsī

Translation: Everyone knew that Lord Caitanya is in the disguise of a sannyāsī (but actually He is Lord Kṛṣṇa). Thus, Mahāprabhu finished His tour of Mathura and returned to Nīlācala.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, Lord Caitanya had stayed for sometimes in Vṛndāvana and saw all the holy places and returned to Jagannātha Purī along the sight of the Ganges.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Śeṣa Khaṇḍa 3.2.436

mathurā-maṇḍala kathā kahila e sāya
ānande locana dāsa gaurāguṇa gāya

Thus ends the description of Mathurā-maṇḍala topics and Locana Dāsa takes great delight in describing the qualities of Gaura.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, Locana dāsa Ṭhākura in his Caitanya-maṅgala, has described the pastimes of Lord Caitanya in Vṛndāvana and Mathurā

Thus ends the chapter entitled,

Realization of the Residents of Vṛndāvana During the Stay of Lord Caitanya 
Under the Section: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Visit to Śrī Vṛndāvana

Sri Vṛndāvana Dham Ki! jay!